Comment by conception

Comment by conception 6 days ago

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But the thing is people aren’t having “their say”. Social media companies are amplifying voices and viewpoints. They are not acting as “common carriers” letting quality sift to the top. It is curated and crafted.

kortilla 5 days ago

“Letting quality sift to the top” implies that there is a way for this to happen without curation.

Pure user vote driven things like Reddit are a failure (echo chambers, emotional appeals, bot rings, etc). So I’m curious what you think would let that happen?

Even HN is heavily moderated to maintain topics.

  • conception 5 days ago

    Moderation is not amplification.

    • kortilla 4 days ago

      What do you call the moderators reposting stories they think would be good on the front page to “give them another chance”?

tartoran 6 days ago

Now they're thumbing down the scale for censorship.